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PUNE: As many as 10,000 girl students studying from standards V to X will get a zero-balance bank account, an initiative of the regional directorate of education. The move will help in educating students about banking transactions besides inculcating the habit of saving money. Addressing a news conference here on Tuesday, Suman Shinde, regional director of education (Pune), said, "The regional directorate thought of introducing this activity to educate school-going children about banking activities and make them financially literate."

MUMBAI: The state education department may have announced that entry-level admissions to schools under the Right to Education (RTE) Act will go online in Mumbai and Pune from February 15, but institutes here seem to be completely unprepared for it. The online system is supposed to be held in Pune and Mumbai on a trial basis, but schools here have not even received a formal circular. For the rest of the state, the RTE admission will also begin on February 15, but the procedure will be manual.

AURANGABAD: The civic body officials on Thursday visited all schools under its jurisdiction to review attendance of the students to make optimum use of available teaching staff. Education officer in Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) A M Shaikh said they conducted the verification so that the civic body could make proper adjustments of teachers in the schools.

KOHLAPUR: The directorate of primary education has hinted that the deadline to comply with the 10 infrastructural norms under the Right to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009 may be further extended to March 31. The directorate is expected to issue a circular in this regard in the coming days. Director of state primary education Mahavir Mane told TOI on Thursday that many schools have requested to the respective authorities across the state to extend the deadline after failing to comply with the norms.

The High Court may have ruled that the Right to Education (RTE) Act does not apply to unaided minority schools even if they have been receiving aids in the form of concessions in property tax and lease of land from the government, but activists feel ambiguities persist on the 'aided' and 'unaided' status of schools. One of the major issues on which the HC verdict can have widespread effect, the activists say, is whether schools that have unaided primary and aided secondary sections are liable to reserve 25 per cent students under the RTE Act or not.

PUNE: As many as 10,000 girl students studying from standards V to X will get a zero-balance bank account, an initiative of the regional directorate of education. The move will help in educating students about banking transactions besides inculcating the habit of saving money. Addressing a news conference here on Tuesday, Suman Shinde, regional director of education (Pune), said, "The regional directorate thought of introducing this activity to educate school-going children about banking activities and make them financially literate."

The High Court may have ruled that the Right to Education (RTE) Act does not apply to unaided minority schools even if they have been receiving aids in the form of concessions in property tax and lease of land from the government, but activists feel ambiguities persist on the 'aided' and 'unaided' status of schools. One of the major issues on which the HC verdict can have widespread effect, the activists say, is whether schools that have unaided primary and aided secondary sections are liable to reserve 25 per cent students under the RTE Act or not.

PUNE: As many as 10,000 girl students studying from standards V to X will get a zero-balance bank account, an initiative of the regional directorate of education. The move will help in educating students about banking transactions besides inculcating the habit of saving money. Addressing a news conference here on Tuesday, Suman Shinde, regional director of education (Pune), said, "The regional directorate thought of introducing this activity to educate school-going children about banking activities and make them financially literate."

PUNE: The ambitious project of the state education department to conduct admissions in a centralised and online manner for 25% reserved seats in schools under the Right to Education (RTE) Act may not take off for the second consecutive year. The delay is due to some 'strategic decisions' on the choice of schools and distance from the residence of applicants waiting for the sate government's approval.

The recent government resolution (GR) that mandates a fixed student-teacher ratio per classroom has put schools in a bind. While most are worried about the limited infrastructure available in city schools, some are concerned whether appointing more than one teacher for larger classrooms may prove counter-productive. "The GR only states the pupil-teacher ratio that schools need to follow but there are no directions as to how this is to be done. We have 65-75 kids per class and if we end up appointing two teachers in a classroom, it shouldn't end up confusing the students.